Voice For The Actor Observation

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This semester has spurred the beginning of hopefully a long and intimate relationship with breath. Voice for the Actor has already influenced my thoughts and presented many ways to connect with my mind, body, and breath. I have been more aware many of the concepts pertaining to breathing and voice throughout general day-to-day life. This awareness has been present in many different situations including exercises in class, experiences that I have had outside the classroom, and during assigned readings. One of the biggest observations that I have had during class, within my own body and through the observations of others, is how the breath moves and how it is felt in different parts of the torso depending on the outside circumstances. I have …show more content…

Several of these really stood out to me including trust and a playful attitude toward acting. My favorite line of the chapter was about actor trust. “It [actor trust] is the feeling that you can make a fool of yourself without embarrassment and can be emotionally open without getting stepped on” (Cohen 4). To me this is something that our general society lacks. It is extremely difficult to be in a setting where one encouraged to express true emotions and feelings without feeling criticized by others in a setting. Even after the short time that I have spent in Voice for the actor, I feel like class is a space where I can and am encouraged to make a fool of myself while learning and connecting with my fellow actors. Another line that I really enjoyed was talking about playfulness while acting. “Acting is work, but it is also play. If you forget that, you lose a crucial aspect of this subtle art” (Cohen 6). Throughout the years in my acting I have struggled with overthinking instead of playing with the role. This over thinking has come through on stage before which affects my authenticity. I have never thought about “playing” with the role as expressed in the chapter and I found it interesting that it was presented as one of the foundational blocks of acting. As I continue exploring roles and performance I will definitely implement playing with a role more so than I have done in the past and I think this will improve my believability and

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